gloyw

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Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *gluɨw, from Proto-Celtic *gleiwos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley-. Cognate with Breton gloev, Cornish gluw, Old Irish glé.

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlɔɨ̯.u/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlɔi̯.u/

Adjective

gloyw (feminine singular gloyw, plural gloywon, equative gloywed, comparative gloywach, superlative gloywaf)

bright, brilliant
Synonym: disglair

Antonyms

afloyw (“dull, matte, opaque”)

Derived terms

Caerloyw (“Gloucester”)
gloywder (“brightness”)
gloywedd (“shine, lustre”)
gloywi (“to brighten, to burnish; to clarify”)
adloywi (“to make bright again, to reburnish”)
tryloyw (“transparent”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *gloyw*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gloyw	loyw	ngloyw	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gloyw”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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